quadriceps

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quadriceps

[′kwä·drə‚seps]
(anatomy)
Four-headed, as a muscle.
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En relacion a la composicion corporal, se observo unicamente un aumento significativo del area muscular (AMQ*: 128.6 [+ o -] 30.2 vs 144.6 [+ o -] 22.4 [cm.sup.2]) y una disminucion del area grasa (AGQ*: 76.5 [+ o -] 26.9 vs 62.1 [+ o -] 20.1 [cm.sup.2]) a nivel quadricipital, sin cambios en el resto de datos analizados (% grasa abdominal, peso graso, peso magro, agua corporal total).
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